Six Mandatory National Standards of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Become Effective in 2020-CPC Certification_RoHS Testing_REACH Testing_CPSIA Testing

To carry out the requirements of Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening Ecological Environment Protection and Resolutely Fighting Pollution Prevention and Control and Circular of the State Council on Issuing the Three-year Action Plan for Winning the Battle for a Blue Sky and implement 13th Five-Year Plan for the Prevention and Control of Volatile Organic Pollutants, on March 4th, 2020, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Standardization Administration Commission (SAC) approved and released a number of compulsory national standards involving limitation of quantity of VOCs in coating, adhesive, ink and cleaning agent. The main content of the six standards of coating, adhesive, ink and cleaning agent involved in this update are as follows:

Standard No. & Name	Regulated Substances	Alternative/New Standard	Effective Date
GB 18581-2020 Limits of harmful substances of woodenware coatings	Total content of VOCs, formaldehyde, heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury), MACHs, glycol ether and ether ester, PAHS, free diisocyanate (TDI and HDI), methanol, halogenated hydrocarbons, phthalates, APEO	GB 18581-2009 and GB 24410-2009	December 1, 2020
GB 18582-2020 Limit of harmful substances of architectural wall coatings	Total content of VOCs, formaldehyde, heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury), MACHs, glycol ether and ether ester, PAHS, APEO	GB 18582-2008 and GB 24408-2009	December 1, 2020
GB 30981-2020 Limit of harmful substances of industrial protective coatings	Total content of VOCs, MACHs, halogenated hydrocarbons, formaldehyde, glycol ether and ether ester, heavy metals (Lead, cadmium, mercury, Cr(VI))	GB 30981-2014	December 1, 2020
GB 33372-2020 Limit of volatile organic compounds content in adhesive	Total content of VOCs, MACHs, halogenated hydrocarbons, TDI, free formaldehyde	GB 33372-2016	December 1, 2020
GB 38507-2020 Limits of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in printing ink	Total VOCs content, prohibited solvents (halogenated hydrocarbons and solvents listed in Appendix A)	New standard	April 1, 2021
GB 38508-2020 Limits for volatile organic compounds content in cleaning agents	Total content of VOCs, formaldehyde, halogenated hydrocarbons, MACHs	New standard	December 1, 2020

The implementation of the above-mentioned six standards will bring new challenges to manufacturers and supply chain enterprises of coating, adhesive, ink and cleaning agent. PTS Testing Service is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. To help companies effectively respond to the challenges, Intertek has taken the lead in building the capacity of supervising and controlling substance tests to help the products of the companies meet the standards.
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